Blood Revenge

By Christopher Boehm

"Boehm substantially advances our understanding of the phenomenon of feuding. His book deserves to become a standard reference on that topic." (American Anthropologist)

• List of Illustrations and MapsPrefaceNote on the Serbo-Croatian LanguageGlossary1. Introduction2. Doing Research on European Tribesmen3. Traditional Montenegro: A Refuge-Area Warrior Adaptation4. The Meaning of Osveta5. The Moral Legitimacy of Feuding6. Trajectory of a Feud7. The End Game: Management of Conflict8. The Importance of Decisions9. Making Further Sense of the Feud10. Feuding and Ecology: The Question of Costs and Gains11. Feuding in the Nonliterate World12. An Ethological Perspective on Feuding13. A Final Word on the Blood Feud in MontenegroNotesBibliographyIndex